Pythagoreanism definition

pĭ-thăgə-rēə-nĭzəm
The syncretistic philosophy expounded by Pythagoras, distinguished chiefly by its description of reality in terms of arithmetical relationships.
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The philosophy of Pythagoras, the main tenets of which are the transmigration of the soul and the belief in numbers as the ultimate elements of the universe.
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Pythagoreanism Sentence Examples

  • According to Cicero (Timaeus, r), Figulus endeavoured with some success to revive the doctrines of Pythagoreanism.

  • Both inculcated a peculiar kind of ascetic life; both had a mystical speculative theory of religion, with purificatory rites, abstinence from beans, &c.; but Orphism was more especially religious, while Pythagoreanism, at least originally, inclined more to be a political and philosophical creed.

  • What is more, both Speusippus and Xenocrates founded their own philosophies on this very Pythagoreanism of Plato.

  • In his early years, however, he was a Pythagorean, and he is one of the most important sources for early Pythagoreanism.

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